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I am using the impetus of the NaGaDeMon effort (click here) to develop a project that’s been cooking around in my brain for a couple of months now. I apologize for being a bit vague about the exact nature of the project, but all will be revealed in time.

The project is a Powered by the Apocalypse rpg. For information on Apocalypse World click here.

As of Day 4 of NaGaDeMon

Finished Tasks

Define the Player’s Agenda

Define the GM’s Agenda

Define the GM’ing Principals

Identify the setting and how the setting impacts the game. (Involves a rules change from AW)

NOTE: I’ve remastered these, but I’m still working on recording settings. You may need to play at higher than normal volume to hear clearly.

“Vires et Honos,” is an actual play of a Savage Worlds, Weird Wars Rome game set in Britain during the time of the building of Hadrian’s wall.

Synopsis

The characters follow the trail to a village on the edge of the swamp. There they find some of the missing supplies, and danger. Following the trail deeper into the swamp they find that some legends, are in fact true.

Characters

Morrigan Mhoireibh (Gina Ricker)

Tribune Quintus Aurelius Domaticus (Tim Huntly)

Decanus Tiberious Aurelius Kato (Will Huggins)

Miles Gregarius Cassius Horatius Rufinus (Morgan Ellis)

GM (Jason Tryon)

Special thanks to Pinnacle Entertainment group for Savage Worlds, Weird Wars Rome, and the music heard on this recording.

“Vires et Honos,” is an actual play of a Savage Worlds, Weird Wars Rome game set in Britain during the time of the building of Hadrian’s wall.

Synopsis

The characters arrive in their fort, set up camp and settle in. Their first assignment is to recover a wagon load of stolen supplies the men who were to be guarding the supplies are secondary. Setting out in search of the missing supplies they find more than they anticipated mostly in terms of trouble. Some of their number begin to show their mettle, while others have lessons yet to be learned.

Characters

Morrigan Mhoireibh (Gina Ricker)

Tribune Quintus Aurelius Domaticus (Tim Huntly)

Decanus Tiberious Aurelius Kato (Will Huggins)

Miles Gregarius Cassius Horatius Rufinus (Morgan Ellis)

GM (Jason Tryon)

Special thanks to Pinnacle Entertainment group for Savage Worlds, Weird Wars Rome, and the music heard on this recording.

When our Deadlands game wound up, I asked the players what they wanted next. A discussion with my better half, ok really she’s the better 7/8ths of this pair, but I digress, lead to the idea that we would do shorter more defined campaigns rather than the monolithic unending campaign with which we’re all so familiar. The group decided on a Bladerunner-esque Cyberpunk game and to continue with Savage Worlds as our game system.

Session 0 yielded the following:

Bladerunner-esque with sort of a noir feel.

Cybernetics are a real thing and not uncommon though some people have a negative reaction.

Pit fighting gladiatorial arenas are the biggest spectator sport.

Replicants exist but are negatively thought of.

Clones exist, but cloning humans is technically illegal.

The resulting characters turned out to be the pretty typical net running group:

Hacker

Drone Jockey

Street Samurai

Hunter Killer

Assassin

Childlike Replicant with a doll fetish

The attached mp3 is session 1 of the campaign in its unedited (who has time for editing) raw form which I prefer because it gives more of the impression of the game play (including distractions and unassociated sounds).

Carnivale is a gothic horror game set in the Ravenloft game setting and played using the Fate Core rules. Travelling the highways and byways of the lands between Barovia and the Sea of Shadows entertaining the masses, lightening their hearts and their purses. You see things that the everyday people do not. They call your kind vagabonds, gypsies and worse, but you’ve seen the shadows that lay across the land, the dark heart pumping its ichor into the nooks and crannies of existence befouling the very air that you breathe. You call yourselves Vistani and you have seen things that the townsfolk fear to utter even in the safety of their homes. But, will even the mighty Vistani survive the storm brewing in the mists? Carnivale is a gothic horror fantasy game set in Ravenloft, the Domain of Dread.

Thieves’ World is a gritty fantasy game set in Sanctuary, the city of the, “Thieves’ World,” books. Welcome to Sanctuary. Oh don’t worry, Sanctuary is perfectly safe, just keep your hands near your weapons and your eyes open, oh and you might want to stay away from the Maze at night. Make sure you stop by the Vulgar Unicorn for a pint though, there’s always a good story to be heard there. Sanctuary is always dangerous, but something dark is moving in the shadows and narrow alleys, something that has even the most hardened of Sanctuary’s denizens afraid. Many people have left or are making plans to leave and those that remain talk of the end of the world. Thieves’ World is a gritty street level fantasy setting based on the book series.